Chapter 107: Disaster Zone and the Main Wife's Composure
An annual salary of fifty million -- for Amano who once only earned 1000 points monthly.
No, even now, when earning a few thousand points from duel overkill made Amano happy enough to splurge on extra meals, fifty million annual salary was absolutely a genuine class leap.
Excluding the unorthodox money-making method of having children with Nanki'in Sakuya, if he could have fifty million annual income, Amano could genuinely use his own power to gradually improve District 32's living and economic standards.
"Returning home wealthy without displaying it is like wearing fine clothes at night."
Wasn't that the meaning of earning money?
During the Amano family's most impoverished and desperate period, friends and colleagues from District 32 had constantly helped him and Shio.
How could he forget them when earning money himself?
Amano genuinely wanted to see Yui hugging his leg calling him daddy.
Of course, currently these plans all remained only phantoms in Amano's mind.
Setting aside the difficulty of reaching the Gold seat in the Academy Challenge Tournament.
Did he genuinely have the value to work at Kaiba Corporation earning fifty million annually?
Aside from that inexplicable Tower-exterior archaeology business, he didn't even know what this world's Kaiba Corporation did.
Of course, an employee's value was determined by the boss.
Inside the president's lounge, after watching Amano's departing back, Kaiba Chiaki's gaze fell on the glass Amano had just used.
Immediately after, a black-suited corporation staff member was summoned inside.
"Kurosaki, take this for testing."
"Testing? Testing the glass, President?"
Kaiba Chiaki's slender finger pointed at the position where Amano had drunk water -- a detail she'd specifically observed.
"Test this position's DNA."
An entire person as a three-thousand-year-old super-ancient "artifact"?
Something so absurd was very difficult for Kaiba Chiaki to believe without sufficient scientific data as support.
As for the Academy Challenge Tournament agreement with Amano.
That was purely Kaiba Chiaki as a duelist, after watching tonight's duel, developing intense interest in this man.
According to the information Kaiba Chiaki had obtained.
Just one month ago, Amano had been a lower-class person working at the garbage dump who hadn't even assembled a complete deck.
From nothing to everything, from zero to billions.
In just one month, relying on strength alone, he'd climbed from the garbage heap to stand before her.
This speed of growing stronger -- even Kaiba Chiaki, Fusion Academy's strongest, was willing to call him a monster.
So Kaiba Chiaki was incredibly curious. There was still one month until the Academy Challenge Tournament. One month later, just how strong would duelist Amano Rei become?
It had been very long since anyone made Kaiba Chiaki so interested in dueling.
Man, you've completely captured my attention.
[KAIBA CHIAKI] [AFFECTION +2]
Rejecting Kaiba Chiaki's transfer invitation actually raised affection.
So was she tsundere or not?
Holding doubts about another woman, Amano finally faced tonight's judgment moment.
Finesse smiled. "Since you already had plans with Nanki'in first, just tell me directly. Do I look that easy to anger?"
Nanki'in spoke calmly. "Actually for me it doesn't matter. I only wanted you to meet my grandfather, Amano. Completely no other thoughts."
Something's wrong.
Extremely, thoroughly wrong.
How did the atmosphere that was at swords drawn before his duel become so harmonious after returning from Kaiba Chiaki?
During the banquet, both young ladies could even eat, drink, and exchange friendly conversation.
Was this outwardly warm but inwardly cold -- seemingly calm but actually thoroughly disappointed, cold-violence behavior?
But Amano specifically checked the system affection values.
Neither girl's affection numbers had dropped at all.
From when he took the stage to duel until finishing his chat with Kaiba Chiaki, what exactly happened?
The disaster zone crisis was perfectly resolved before Amano even realized it.
Finesse picked up a cherry from the buffet table, chewing while asking: "By the way Amano, what did President Kaiba want with you?"
Amano answered honestly. "To have me consider transferring back to Fusion Academy."
"Cough cough cough!" Nanki'in Sakuya, who'd been pretending to mind her own business just a second ago, suddenly coughed violently.
Clearly she cared very much about this matter.
That made sense. Actually Nanki'in Sakuya also counted as someone in the know, aware Amano had joined Synchro Academy by accident.
Now that Fusion Academy's No.1 had spoken, allowing Amano to return to his original first-choice Fusion Academy, there really was no reason to refuse. Nanki'in Sakuya herself had no grounds to stop it.
Finesse curiously pursued: "So how did you respond?"
Though having no grounds to stop it, clearly Nanki'in cared immensely. No matter how much she pretended to mind her own business nearby, those little ears practically standing up to eavesdrop were too obvious.
"I said... I'd consider it."
Hearing this, Nanki'in Sakuya's complexion visibly worsened considerably.
In her despairing, hollow pupils, she seemed to already see her tragic future of failing exams, incomplete homework, and even being scolded for not answering questions in class.
Thud!
Growing increasingly desperate, Nanki'in's legs went weak and she collapsed directly to the ground.
"Young Mistress!" Bodyguard Ryuuma immediately stepped forward to check the situation. "Young Mistress, what's wrong?"
From his perspective, Nanki'in Sakuya had collapsed without warning, nearly giving him cardiac arrest.
Nanki'in covered her face. "I'm fine, fine Ryuuma. Just a bit of low blood sugar."
"Low blood sugar?" Ryuuma's expression was puzzled.
Though Young Mistress's physical condition was rather ordinary, she shouldn't be frail enough to collapse from low blood sugar.
But Ryuuma also couldn't help Nanki'in up. After all, the Young Madam was present -- this wasn't work he could do.
Amano hurriedly helped Nanki'in Sakuya up.
Crap, felt like the joke went a bit too far.
The reason Amano answered that way was just worrying Finesse would expect him to transfer back to Fusion Academy, so he planned to delay a bit before telling her the truth.
Unexpectedly, this delay nearly made Nanki'in Sakuya faint.
While helping Nanki'in up, Amano whispered: "Class rep, actually I didn't agree."
At that moment, Amano discovered Nanki'in Sakuya's eye corners still faintly held light-reflecting crystals.
Nearly crying from fear of not being able to copy homework in the future?
Isn't that too embarrassing, class rep?
"Really?" The uneasy Nanki'in quietly confirmed again.
"Really. I'll stay at Synchro Academy. As Duel Committee member, how could I abandon everyone in Class E?"
Receiving Amano's definite answer, Nanki'in's complexion finally improved somewhat.
Their class rep needed more care than imagined.
Conversely, Finesse had actually already guessed the answer from Amano's earlier response.
Him saying "consider it" should mean he wouldn't return to Fusion Academy.
Actually Finesse didn't particularly care. They lived in the same dorm anyway, seeing each other daily.
Moreover, even if Amano transferred to Fusion Academy, with such a large academy and so many students and classes, they couldn't possibly end up together anyway.
The transfer's only benefit would be distancing Amano from Nanki'in and Rin Seiya.
Actually that wasn't even a benefit.
Women were everywhere. Leaving Synchro Academy, how could you guarantee Fusion Academy had no bad women?
Plus Rin Seiya and Amano's connection was through club activities. Independent of academies, completely unrelated to which academy Amano attended.
In that case, better to have familiar Nanki'in Sakuya help keep watch.
Finesse even felt letting Amano continue at Synchro Academy was better.
This was also Finesse's self-assumed composure.
After all, she and Amano weren't simple male-female relations, but a resonant relationship that had swapped bodies and exchanged souls!
As long as this existed, she absolutely couldn't lose!
However, what she didn't know was that tonight, Nanki'in Sakuya's affection had also reached 70 points.
The activation prerequisite for background spirit skill [Hacker Invasion].
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